2018 Winter Olympics: Who is Lindsey Vonn?

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Jan 31, 2018

By WPXI.com

Lindsey Vonn is a two-time Olympic medalist who holds the women’s record for most FIS Alpine Ski World Cup wins. She won gold in downhill and bronze in super-G at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Vonn began to ski at Buck Hill Ski Area near her family home in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her father, Alan Kildow, is a three-time national junior champion who blew out his knee at the age of 18. It was Kildow who mapped out Vonn’s skiing future.

ST MORITZ, SWITZERLAND - FEBRUARY 13: Lindsey Vonn of USA smiles during a media talk at Hotel Waldhaus am See on February 13, 2017 in St Moritz, Switzerland. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

At the age of 11, Vonn wanted a bigger challenge than Buck Hill. Her mother quit her job of 17 years and they moved to Vail, Colorado, for the winter to train at the Ski Club Vail. The following year, her father and two brothers and two sisters also moved to Vail.

Vonn has dealt with a laundry list of injuries, including a broken arm she suffered in a November 2016 training crash, but she still managed to rewrite the record books.